Pre-Drink

A film by
Marc-Antoine Lemire

Pre-Drink

Genre

Short film

Country

Quebec, Canada

Year

2017

Format

Color - 4:3

Length

23 min

Language

French
Director's notes
Cast

Pascale Drevillon, Alex Trahan

Crew

DIRECTING: Marc-Antoine Lemire

SCREENPLAY: Marc-Antoine Lemire

PRODUCTION: Maria Gracia Turgeon, Marc-Antoine Lemire

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Léna Mill-Reuillard

SOUND: Laurent Ouellette, Jean-David Perron, Theo Porcet (Cult Nation)

EDITING: Anouk Deschênes

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Synopsis

Alexe is a young trans woman, and Carl a gay man. Best friends since forever, an evening spent together destabilizes Alexe, when both decide to have sex together for the first time.

Festivals & awards

Toronto International Film Festival

Meilleur court métrage canadien

FIN Atlantic International Film Festival

Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur

Festival international du film de Bordeaux

Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival

Festival International du Film Francophone d’Acadie

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Toronto International Film Festival – Short Cuts, 2017 *Best Canadian Short Film

Talent tout court/Not Short on Talent – Cannes Film Festival, 2017

Atlantic International Film Festival, 2017

Festival international du film francophone de Namur, 2017

Festival international du film de Bordeaux, 2017

Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, 2017

Prends Ça Court Trouville, 2017

Festival international du film francophone d’Acadie, 2017

Whistler Film Festival, 2017

Thess International Short Film Festival, 2017 *Cinematic Achievement Award

Southwest International Film Festival, 2018

Taos Shortz Film Fest, 2018

Flickerfest, 2018

Tampere Film Festival, 2018

Antitube, 2018

Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival, 2018

Canadian Screen Awards, 2018 *Nominated for Best Short Film

15e Gala Prends ça court *Audience Award – Ville de Montréal, Post-Moderne Award

Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, 2018 *Best Fiction Short Film

Melbourne Queer Film Festival, 2018

Nashville Film Festival, 2018

KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, 2018

On vous ment : Festival Documenteur, 2018

InsideOut LGBT Film Festival, 2018

Seoul International Women Film Festival, 2018

Gala Iris Québec Cinéma, 2018 *Best Fiction Short Film

OutFilm : Connecticut LGBT Film Festival, 2018

Kansas City LGBT Film Festival, 2018

Festival 48 Images Seconde, 2018 – *Jury Prize

Festival Longue Vue sur le court, 2018 – *Best Script

Moscow International Film Festival, 2018

Sicilia Queer Film Fest, 2018

Mostra La Ploma (Espagne), 2018

Kortfilmfestivalen: The Norwegian Short Film Festival, 2018

fliQs: Queer Film Nights, 2018

Frameline, San Francisco, 2018

Festival MIX Milano, 2018

Korea Queer Film Festival, 2018

Outfest Los Angeles, 2018

Odense International Film Festival, 2018

Seattle International Film Festival, 2018

Transgender Film Festival Zurich, 2018

Lovers Film Festival – Torino Lgbtqi Visions, 2018

Festival Internacional de Cine IBAFF, 2018

Wicked Queer: Boston LGBT Film Festival, 2018

Journées du Cinéma Québécois en Italie: CinemaQuebecItalia, 2018

Vancouver Queer Film Festival, 2018

Concordia Film Festival, 2018

Meziprata Film Festival, 2018 *Best Short Film award

Festival Internacional de Cine de Murcia IBAFF, 2018

Norwegian Short Film Festival – Grimstad, 2018

Écrans Mixtes Lyon, 2018

Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art, 2018

31st annual All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival (aGLIFF), 2018

Reel Affirmations: Washington, DC’s LGBTQ Film Festival, 2018

Off-Courts Trouville 2018

Queergestreift Filmfestival, 2018

Zinegoak, International LGTB Film and Performing Arts Festival, 2018

Mardi Gras Film Festival, 2018

Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec, 2018

Les Percéides, 2018

L’Espace Filmique, 2018

Cinéma Diverse, Palm Spring LGBT Film Festival, 2018

Q Cinema – Fort Worth, Texas, 2018

PROUD film festival, 2018

Louisville LGBT film festival, 2018

TWIST Seattle film festival, 2018

Durham film festival, 2018

Mix Copenhagen LGBTQ film festival, 2018

NewFest: The NYC LGBT film festival, 2018

Reel Affirmation film festival, 2018

Inside Out 2018 Ottawa LGBT Film Festival, 2018

Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival, 2018

Iris Prize Festival, 2018 *Finalist – Iris Prize

Encounters Bristol, 2018

BENT: the 27th annual Sacramento LGBTQ Film Festival, 2018

Out On Film/Atlanta, 2018

Trans Film Fest Stockholm, 2018

SPASM, 2018 *Audience Award

Chéries-Chéris, Festival LGBT à Paris, 2018 *Grand Prize

Nahia Film Fest: International Short Film Festival (Spain, Granada), 2018 *Special Jury Award

Plein(s) Écran(s), 2018

26th MIX BRASIL FESTIVAL, 2018

Queer Screen – Sydney, 2019

ReelOut – Kingston’s Queer film + Video festival, 2019

Qflix Philadelphia, 2019

Go Short – Netherlands, 2019

Queen’s World film festival, 2019

Vues d’en Face – Grenoble, 2019

Académie des Césars – Nuits en Or, 2019

Prague Pride screening – Meziprata Film Festival, 2019

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Director

About
Biography
Marc-Antoine
Lemire

Extras | 2023

Mistral Spatial | 2022

Pre-Drink | 2017

Les méduses | 2015

Filmography

Montreal-based director and screenwriter Marc-Antoine Lemire approaches cinema as a tool for accessing a certain freedom. He is driven by his passion for complex characters and by the desire to generate emotion through their unique point of view. His latest short film, PRE-DRINK, has screened at around a hundred festivals and won several awards, including Best Canadian Short Film at TIFF in 2017. MISTRAL SPATIAL is his first feature film, which he also self-produced. Deliberately crafted in a marginal, DIY spirit, the film’s ambition lies in a desire to explore the medium and to create uncompromising cinema.

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